A Year of Resilience in Ukraine
Tymofii Brik
April 17 at 3 PM ET
In-person: Posvar hall 3911 - No registration required.
Just one year ago Tymofiy Brik became the youngest university rector (provost) in the history of independent Ukraine. As the academic leader of the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE), he has managed the univesrsity faculty, staff, and students through incredible challenges. In this talk, Brik will speak about the resilience of KSE and communities in Ukraine as they confront war.
Tymofii Brik, the Rector (Provost) at the Kyiv School of Economics, is currently serving as the Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor of International Studies in the Department of Sociology at Northwestern University in Spring 2023. His research interests focus on religious markets, long-term social mobility, and social network analysis. Since 2021, Brik has been serving as the national coordinator of the European Social Survey (ESS) in Ukraine, which is an international comparative study conducted in most European countries since 2002. Additionally, he serves as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Kyiv-based CEDOS think tank, as an advisory board member of the Texty.org “Rating Sellers” project and of Gradus Research. Furthermore, Brik is also a co-founder of the public restaurant Urban Space 500 in Kyiv.